A pioneering study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration from the 1870s to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 284 pages, approx. 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544. . 2007. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . .

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Title: Guarding the Gates: The Canadian Labour Movement and Immigration, 1872-1934
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0774813644
ISBN 13: 9780774813648
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada’s social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders’ approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history.

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Gregory S. Kealey is Founding Editor of Labour/Le Travail and author of Workers and Canadian History. Ruth A. Frager is co-author of Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939

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